12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.


In Context

9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

11 So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.

12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

Job 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.